Jason on Jan 30th 2005 Neopaganism
The Plight of Tara
Witchvox has an nice round-up of the plight of the historic site of Tara home of the Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny upon which 142 Kings of Ireland were crowned among other ancient sites.
“Thus, by more accurate definition, Tara is the entire complex of tombs, sacred landscape and monumental remains found in the Skryne Valley. This includes an adjacent hill crowned by a tall Christian church tower, Skreen Hill. The route for the M3 proposed by the Irish Road Authority will place a four-lane highway between Skreen Hill and the Hill of Tara. And they plan to build a 30-acre highway interchange within 1.5 kilometers of the High King of Ireland’s Banqueting Hall atop Tara.”
The article give information on what you can do if you want to help preserve the site.
Jason on Jan 30th 2005 Neopaganism
Quote of the Day
“I have lived, worked and traveled all around the world and it seems there is no place to run. Cyprus, Belize, South Africa, Thailand ? there are problems everywhere and morals are on the decline. Decency is drying up. Families are in crisis. The worst elements of paganism, technology and spiritual madness are in ascendance.” – Anthony C. LoBaido, The Sierra Times
Jason on Jan 29th 2005 Neopaganism
Rome If You Want To
“The BBC and US subscription channel HBO are to co-produce an epic and sweeping new drama series which chronicles the rise of the ancient Roman empire through the eyes of two foot-soldiers, it was announced today by Jana Bennett, BBC Director of Television, and Chris Albrecht, Chairman and CEO of HBO.” – BBC
“In keeping with ancient Hollywood traditions, Rome will feature intrigue, spectacle and casual brutality. In a radical break with Hollywood traditions, though, it will also be jammed with cliche-busting surprises. There?ll be much more sex and paganism than we?re used to. We?ll see Julius Caesar as he really looked during his ceremonial triumphs (painted head to toe in Jupiter?s colour, red) and Cleopatra will not be a vamp or demi-goddess, but as Cicero saw her – a dinner-party bore.” – David Winner, Financial Times (Arts & Weekend)
More, more, even more.
Jason on Jan 29th 2005 Neopaganism
Feeling Horny?
“Bush neutered his rhetoric of spreading the fire of freedom to nations around the world and quite possibly solidified his status as the Middle East poster-child of the Great Satan. He did it by flashing what is being interpreted as the ‘devil horns’ hand salute…The ‘Texas hook ‘em’ hand signal is done with the right hand whereas a full-blown satanic salute is done with the sinistria, or left hand. Both use the middle and ring fingers curled beneath the thumb with the pinky and index extended. The book Satanism in America states that the ‘horned hand’ is the sign of recognition between those who are ‘in the occult’ and depicts this as a left, not right hand. The right hand, however, symbolizes the horned god, the hunter, who goes by Cernunnos and Pan in Celtic and Greek mythologies respectively. Cernunnos/Pan was targeted by early Christian churches as an unacceptable symbol of paganism, and Pan?s trident later became a symbol of Satan himself. Jerry Falwell, along with some Wiccans, must be choked.” –
Aaron Braaten, The Gateway
Choked? By him winning the presidential race maybe.
Jason on Jan 28th 2005 Neopaganism
The Spell-Book Glut
Carl McColman tackles the issue of the glut of Pagan books on the market for Beliefnet and ponders if the spirituality is getting buried under all that text.
“Most alarmingly, the Wiccan ethical focus seems to have gone by the wayside: the new spell books are all about ‘getting your own way,’ presenting magic not as an inner pursuit, but merely as a tool for wish fulfillment. As a result, veteran Witches are so outspoken in their criticism of spell books that such titles have been unofficially dubbed ‘witchcrap.’”
Quotes from Judy Harrow and Patricia Telesco, among others.
Jason on Jan 27th 2005 Neopaganism
Damning With Faint Praise
“They ought to say no Muslims in the American military,” he told WND. “Wicca doesn’t teach, as far as I know, what Islam teaches about killing the infidel. ? Muslims in the American military are a much greater danger to the institution than is Wicca.” – Tim Wildmon, president of American Family Association on Wiccans and Muslims in the military
Jason on Jan 26th 2005 Neopaganism
Jason on Jan 26th 2005 Neopaganism
Quote of the Quote of the Day
“Perhaps the author Starhawk was prescient in something she wrote soon after election day: ‘the way ahead will be hard and stony, but. . . it may turn out to be steeper but shorter than the easier path.’ It is our job to do everything within our power to make it so, by the way we reject sectarian approaches that divide, work constructively with those with whom we’re in agreement on the issues, discuss our differences in a healthy way, and build a powerful, coordinated resistance movement as a result.” – Ted Glick, The Free Press
Jason on Jan 26th 2005 Neopaganism
Quote of the Day
“The most foolish politically-correct assertion today is that if we do anything to terrorist detainees short of Club Med treatment or if we undertake procedures that C.A.I.R (Council for American Islamic Relations) calls ‘offensive’ than ‘we are no better than the terrorists’. To equate emotional trivialities with brutal beheadings or self-defense to ideological genocide shows how far liberal thinking has strayed from classic moral understanding. Its moral relativism is simply nouveau paganism.” – Rabbi Aryeh Spero, AINA
Jason on Jan 24th 2005 Neopaganism
Quote of the Day
“…marriage is not just an institution of the church, but actually predates the church itself in many forms and ceremonies. The state has taken into its folds the idea of marriage and molded it to suit itself, just like Christianity did. To follow Mr. Wittman’s train of thought to its logical conclusion, only straight Christians should be allowed to marry. That excludes all other religions: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Wican/Pagan, or even atheist/agnostic. I do not think this is what is meant by equality, an idea that most Americans hold close to their hearts. The United States has tried to separate church from state, but nowhere in the Constitution or Bill or Rights does it say ’separation of church and state,’ so ideas should be able to transfer from church to state, such as the idea of marriage.” – Andrew M. Darrow, Colorado State Collegian
